Even if you exercise a lot and meet the recommended activity guidelines, having very bad insulin resistance can still make you more likely to die from any cause — meaning exercise alone isn’t enough to completely protect you from serious metabolic problems.

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Effects of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on the associations between an insulin resistance surrogate and incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: a UK Biobank cohort study

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Even if people exercise a lot, if they have very bad insulin resistance, they still have a higher risk of dying early — meaning exercise helps, but doesn’t completely fix the problem.

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Effects of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on the associations between an insulin resistance surrogate and incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: a UK Biobank cohort study

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DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1709135

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People with higher insulin resistance—measured by a specific blood test—are much more likely to have heart problems or die from any cause, even if they’ve never had heart disease before.

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